DISSOLVED ORGANIC-CARBON CONCENTRATIONS IN MARINE PORE WATERS DETERMINED BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION

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作者
MARTIN, WR [1 ]
MCCORKLE, DC [1 ]
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[1] WOODS HOLE OCEANOG INST,DEPT GEOL & GEOPHYS,WOODS HOLE,MA 02543
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10.4319/lo.1993.38.7.1464
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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We have developed sampling methods and an analytical system to determine the concentration of dissolved organic C (DOC) in marine pore waters. Our analytical approach is a modification of recently developed high-temperature, Pt-catalyzed oxidation methods; it uses chromatographic trapping of the DOC-derived CO2, followed by reduction to CH4 and flame ionization detection. Sampling experiments with nearshore sediments indicate that pore-water separation by whole-core squeezing causes artificially elevated DOC concentrations, while pore-water recovery by sectioning and centrifugation does not appear to introduce DOC artifacts. Results from a set of northwestern Atlantic continental slope cores suggest that net DOC production accounts for >50% of the organic C that is recycled at the sediment-water interface.
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